Overview
- The Guardia Civil’s UCO delivered a 353‑page report to the Audiencia Nacional, with the first 87 pages published, including WhatsApps where Ángel Víctor Torres told Koldo García he was “on top of your payment” and that the material was validated.
- Investigators say businessman Víctor de Aldama paid Koldo García about €10,000 in cash monthly since at least October 2019, a retainer that secured access to decision‑makers and enabled his influence.
- Canary Islands authorities awarded Soluciones de Gestión roughly €12.3 million in mask contracts in April–May 2020, and the UCO notes an initial batch of about 837,000 masks failed quality standards and that pending invoices exceeded €7.5 million.
- The Supreme Court has opened trial for José Luis Ábalos, Koldo García and Víctor de Aldama, with reporting indicating no explicit mention of Torres in that procedural decision.
- The PP demanded Torres’s resignation after the report’s release, while the government and the minister’s team said the material shows no criminal conduct, cited audit oversight, and called for public apologies.